Calmar vs Ridgeway

A side-by-side comparison of Calmar and Ridgeway: population, income, housing, and more.

Calmar and Ridgeway are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Calmar has the higher population (980 vs 266 in Ridgeway). Calmar has the higher median household income ($81,583 vs $56,500 in Ridgeway). Calmar has the higher median home value ($194,600 vs $136,600 in Ridgeway).

Population, income & housing

	Calmar	Ridgeway
Population	980	266
Median age	31.7 yrs	29.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,583	$56,500
Median home value	$194,600	$136,600
Median gross rent	$684	$637
Housing units	449	146
Homeownership rate	73.5%	45.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calmar	Ridgeway
Population	1,009 → 980 (-2.9%)	256 → 266 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$59,250 → $81,583 (+37.7%)	$58,750 → $56,500 (-3.8%)
Median home value	$136,300 → $194,600 (+42.8%)	$111,700 → $136,600 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$861 → $684 (-20.6%)	$517 → $637 (+23.2%)

Calmar

Population

1,009980

Median household income

$59,250$81,583

Median home value

$136,300$194,600

Median gross rent

$861$684

Ridgeway

Population

256266

Median household income

$58,750$56,500

Median home value

$111,700$136,600

Median gross rent

$517$637

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calmar	Ridgeway
Under 5	5.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	23.4%	11.7%
18 to 24	15.6%	28.2%
25 to 34	6.8%	8.3%
35 to 44	15.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	8.3%
55 to 64	11.9%	10.5%
65 to 74	6.7%	11.7%
75 and over	4.3%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calmar	Ridgeway
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	97.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calmar	Ridgeway
No high school diploma	3.7%	2.1%
High school graduate	25.5%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	42.6%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calmar	Ridgeway
Drove alone	90.1%	85.0%
Carpooled	2.8%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calmar	Ridgeway
1-unit, detached	73.7%	65.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	22.6%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Calmar	Ridgeway
Poverty rate	10.4%	3.4%
Average household size	2.49	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1966	1963